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Involving schools also enhances the prospects of instilling messages against child labor (CL) in a permanent structure. Working through the schools also enables the possibility of strengthening a protective environment that will stay in place once a project is finished. A project like Paraguay Okakuaa Project (POK) might enhance the role of the school as a mechanism to prevent CL in the communities. Conducting the educational component through the schools has shown that, although it does not directly offer economic alternatives to families, it has a protective effect on working children and adolescents.